A Kirriemuir man has been sentenced for a string of offences including threatening a bystander in the street with a vodka bottle.
Harley Donaldson, of Glengate, appeared before Sheriff Pino Di Emidio at Forfar for sentence having previously admitted behaving in a threatening manner in Kirrie’s Bank Street on June 26, approaching a man in an aggressive manner, challenging him to fight and brandishing a bottle.
He also pleaded guilty to damaging a car by throwing a bin at it as part of the same charge.
Donaldson also admitted taking and driving away a car from Forfar’s Kirkton Park on February 13 and driving without insurance.
Fiscal depute Hannah Kennedy told the court the bottle incident happened just after 11pm when the complainer and a friend were standing outside a pub having a cigarette.
“The accused approached and accused the complainer of laughing at him. An argument ensued and the accused started shouting and swearing,” said the fiscal.
Donaldson became extremely aggressive and then brandished the bottle at the man.
The court heard plain clothes police officers came upon the incident and saw Donaldson with the bottle.
In the driving incident, Donaldson had been staying at a friend’s house, with whom he had been drinking until around 1am.
Around 5am, the accused asked the friend if he could get his car key to retrieve a bank card from the vehicle but he then drove it to a nearby petrol station.
When police then stopped Donaldson on his way back the lack of insurance came to light.
Donaldson’s solicitor said his client has a provisional licence and had always had an interest in cars, but has failed his driving theory test three times.
In relation to the bottle incident the solicitor said: “He had been out with family members and had too much to drink.
“During the course of the evening other family members got involved in an argument with the complainer.
“My client was not originally the party who had the vodka bottle, but he took it from someone else and accepts that he brandished it.”
Sheriff Di Emidio placed Donaldson on a 12-month Community Payback Order with a requirement to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
In relation to the driving charges, Donaldson was fined a total of £360, banned from the road for six months and ordered to pay £100 compensation for the damage to the vehicle cause by throwing the bin at it.